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La Vie en rose. "La Vie en rose" ( French for 'Life in pink'; pronounced [la vi ɑ̃ ʁoz]) is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, [ 1] popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the United States in 1950, when seven versions reached the Billboard charts.
Hymne à l'amour ( French pronunciation: [imn a lamuʁ] ), or Hymn to Love, is a 1949 French song with words by Édith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot. It was first sung by Piaf that year and recorded by her in the 1950s for Columbia records. Piaf sang it in the 1951 French musical comedy film Paris chante toujours ( Paris still sings ).
La Vie en Rose (2007), directed by Olivier Dahan, starring Marion Cotillard who won an Academy Award for Best Actress; The Sparrow and the Birdman (2010), by Raquel Bitton; Edith Piaf Alive (2011), by Flo Ankah; Piaf, voz y delirio (2017), by Leonardo Padrón. Documentaries about Piaf's life include: Édith Piaf: A Passionate Life (24 May 2004)
Piaf's English version is used in Luc Besson's Dogman. The song features prominently in the biographic movie La Vie en Rose, which tells the story of Édith Piaf (portrayed by French actress Marion Cotillard) A Spanish version of the song performed by Javiera Mena, plays during the end credits of the 2012 Chilean film Young and Wild.
La Vie en rose: 1946: Les trois cloches: With Les Compagnons de la chanson: 1946: Dans ma rue: 1946: J'm'en fous pas mal: 1946: C'est merveilleux: From the film Étoile sans lumière: 1946: Adieu mon cœur: 1946: Le Chant du pirate: 1946: Céline: With Les Compagnons de la Chanson 1946: Le petit homme: 1946: Le Roi a fait battre tambour: With ...
The Poor People of Paris. " The Poor People of Paris " is a US pop song that became a number-one instrumental hit in 1956. It is based on the French language song "La goualante du pauvre Jean" ("The Ballad of Poor John"), with music by Marguerite Monnot and words by René Rouzaud. [ 1] Edith Piaf had one of her biggest hits with the original ...
"Padam, padam..." is a song originally released in 1951 by Édith Piaf. It was written for her by Henri Contet (lyrics) and Norbert Glanzberg (music). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
In 1966 there were already over 100 different recordings of "La Mer", and it was considered to be France's best-selling song, together with Édith Piaf's "La Vie en rose". [4] By the time of Trenet's death in 2001, there were more than 4,000 different recordings of it, [5] [6] with over 70 million copies sold in total. [7]